The moves comes a aday after Sheffield angrily blasted Yankees management and said Bobby Abreu, the player who took his place in New York's lineup, isn't a good a player as he is.

Calling the kettle black?

Anyone know ANYTHING about those prospects?

taken from another forum:

Wheelan throws a mid-90s fastball, a sinking 2-seamer and a nasty splitter. Sanchez throws a mid-90s fastball, a low 80's plus curve and an OK changeup. Both should join our top-10 prospects. I know nothing of Claggett, except that he went 7-2 with a 0.9 ERA in 60 innings as a reliever for low-a last year. (Scouting reports courtesy of BAs 2006 handbook)

Posted by djsunyc:

humberto is a stud.

gives us humerto, hughes, and clippard.

cash lining up the next generation of yanks for the new stadium. those 3 with wong and we'll be alright.

not to mention we have Tabata in the minors as the future CFer... along w/Melky, our OF situation looks good going forward as well... Duncan is struggling in AAA but he still has a good upside at 1 of the corner IF positions... now all we need is a young C prospect to take over for Jorge & a SS prospect, & along w/Cano our IF will be set too.

more scouting reports courtesy of another site:

Sanchez, 23, posted a 10-6 record and ranked second among all Tigers' minor-league pitchers with a 2.63 ERA and 129 strikeouts in 20 games (20 starts) with Triple-A Toledo and Double-A Erie in 2006 (123.0IP, 97H, 40R, 36ER, 47BB, 129K). He began the season with Erie, where he went 5-3 with a 1.76 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .190 batting average in 11 starts before being promoted to Triple-A Toledo in June. In his first five starts with Toledo, Sanchez went 4-1 with a 2.05 ERA and was named the International League "Pitcher of the Week" from June 12-18. He finished the season with a 5-3 record and a 3.86 ERA in nine starts with the Mud Hens.

Sanchez, who attended high school in the Bronx, was named the Tigers' minor-league "Pitcher of the Month" in back-to-back months (May and June) after allowing just three earned runs over seven consecutive starts from May 17- June 18 (47.2IP, 49K). Sanchez entered the 2006 season ranked as the Tigers' sixth-best prospect, according to Baseball America. He was selected by the Tigers in the 31st round of the 2001 First-Year Player Draft.


Whelan, 22, ranked third among all Tigers' minor-league pitchers with 27 saves in 2006, going 4-1 with a 2.67 ERA in 51 games for the Class-A Lakeland Tigers. He limited opposing hitters to a .178 batting average (33-for-185) and held right-handed hitters to a .158 average (18-for-114). In addition to being named a top prospect in the NY-Penn League following the 2005 season, Whelan also ranked as the 10th-best prospect in the entire Tigers' organization according to Baseball America. He was originally selected by the Tigers in the fourth round of the 2005 draft out of Texas A&M University.


Claggett, 22, posted a 7-2 record with a team-best 0.91 ERA and 14 saves in 51 games for Class-A West Michigan in 2006 (59.1IP, 35H, 7R, 6ER, 20BB, 58K). He held opposing hitters to a .174 batting average (35-for-201) and did not allow a run in his final 10 appearances of the season. He was selected by the Tigers in the 11th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of UC Riverside.

*sniff* "Goodbye Derek... Parting is such sweet sorrow."

Great move. To get some young pitching talent for Sheff... that's exactly what we needed to do. Now there's room for Melky in the lineup, which means Matsui will be DHing. We've improved by that alone.